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Families expect the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors following a US submarine attack. Sri Lanka's defence ministry confirmed the bodies are flying home Friday, after a torpedo struck the Iris Dena warship on 4 March in the Indian Ocean. While 130 sailors were thought to be aboard, Sri Lanka's navy rescued 32 others, who will stay there.
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